084.9 MALARIA COMPLICATED NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 084.9

Short Description: Malaria complicated NEC

Long Description: Other pernicious complications of malaria

Code Classification:

  • Infectious and parasitic diseases (001–139)
    • Rickettsioses and other arthropod-borne diseases (080-088)
      • 084 Malaria
        • 084.9 Malaria complicated NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 084.9 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Cachexia 799.4
    • malaria 084.9
    • marsh 084.9
    • paludal 084.9
  • Cirrhosis, cirrhotic 571.5
    • malarial 084.9
    • paludal 084.9
  • Congestion, congestive
    • brain (see also Disease, cerebrovascular NEC) 437.8
      • malarial 084.9
  • Dropsy, dropsical (see also Edema) 782.3
    • malarial (see also Malaria) 084.9
  • Glomerulonephritis (see also Nephritis) 583.9
    • due to or associated with
      • malaria (with nephrotic syndrome) 084.9 [581.81]
  • Hepatitis 573.3
    • due to
      • malaria 084.9 [573.2]
    • malarial 084.9 [573.2]
  • Malaria, malarial (fever) 084.6
    • algid 084.9
    • any type, with
      • algid malaria 084.9
      • hepatitis 084.9 [573.2]
      • nephrosis 084.9 [581.81]
      • pernicious complication NEC 084.9
        • cardiac 084.9
        • cerebral 084.9
    • cardiac 084.9
    • cerebral 084.9
    • congestion, congestive 084.6
      • brain 084.9
    • liver 084.9 [573.2]
  • Nephrosis, nephrotic (Epstein's) (syndrome) 581.9
    • in
      • malaria 084.9 [581.81]
    • malarial 084.9 [581.81]
  • Rupture, ruptured 553.9
    • spleen 289.59
      • malarial 084.9

Crosswalk Information

The code 084.9 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
084.9 Right Arrow B50.0 Plasmodium falciparum malaria with cerebral complications
B50.8 Other severe and complicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria
B51.0 Plasmodium vivax malaria with rupture of spleen
B51.8 Plasmodium vivax malaria with other complications
B52.0 Plasmodium malariae malaria with nephropathy
B52.8 Plasmodium malariae malaria with other complications
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
084.0 Falciparum malaria [malignant tertian]
084.1 Vivax malaria [benign tertian]
084.2 Quartan malaria
084.3 Ovale malaria
084.4 Other malaria
084.5 Mixed malaria
084.6 Malaria, unspecified
084.7 Induced malaria
084.8 Blackwater fever


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